TY - BOOK AU - Russell,Raymond AU - Hanneman,Robert AU - Getz,Shlomo TI - The Renewal of the Kibbutz: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture SN - 9780813560779 AV - HX742 .R464 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Piscataway PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Socialization KW - Kibbutzim KW - Collective settlements KW - Israel KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; The Renewal ofthe Kibbutz; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Perspectives on Change in the Kibbuutzim; Chapter 1. Development of the Kibbutzim; Chapter 2. From Crisis to Reform, 1985- 2001; Chapter 3. Consideration and Adoption of Innovations, 1990- 2001; Chapter 4. Transformation of the Kibbutzim, 1995- 2011; Chapter 5. From Transformation to Renewal; Appendix. Date Sources and Statistical Analytics; References; Index; About the Authors; 2; b N2 - This book explores the waves of kibbutzim reforms since 1990. Looking through the lens of organizational theories that predict how open or closed a group will be to change, the authors find that the less successful kibbutzim were the most receptive to reform, and reforms then spread through imitation from the economically weaker kibbutzim to the strong. Survey data is used to understand which reforms were the most common and which were most successful UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=563328&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -